tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859509766182579765.post2689539057487718946..comments2023-06-07T00:56:23.606-07:00Comments on Acting without the Drama: Impulse ControlBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06511813253747469203noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859509766182579765.post-72867595266146189492010-06-01T19:22:02.756-07:002010-06-01T19:22:02.756-07:00Technique is the foundation of putting excess ener...Technique is the foundation of putting excess energy (aka impulses) to use through an outlet that is productive. It is no less passionate or pivotal but when our impulses burn us out it doesn't mean our light is extinguished, it means we have exhausted our physical selfs to burn too brightly too fast, the impulses become all consuming. Yoga, Thai Chi, Karate, boxing; all forms of great impulse control teach us how to settle the energy in ourselves & use it productively,not just to grow but to survive. As an artist in general I have struggled in working & running a house on top of having my outlets; writing & drawing. Finding a balance is necessary & not allowing one necessity to out weigh another till the point of exhaustion is hard but in time you learn how to do it, how to master it how to redirect your energy as best you can.Thank you for making it clear to others that artists can suffer for their art but not to the over exaggerated point some have. Hard work is hardly suffering if it pays off with many years of talented progress.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02346937999898233604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4859509766182579765.post-51778618389062184442010-04-19T06:34:46.769-07:002010-04-19T06:34:46.769-07:00How were Dean, Monroe, and Ledger not "not cr...How were Dean, Monroe, and Ledger not "not crazy" exactly? Everybody who has met Heath know he was possibly the most grounded individual in hollywood.<br /><br />And to say that they burned out isn't fair. To burn out is to be really talented and then lose that talent. All of them were continuing to get better and better, and their paths were cut short by unfortunate accidents.<br /><br />On the matter of technique, Dean and Monroe both studied with Strasberg and the Chekhov in Hollywood. Ledger practiced Alexander technique and he approached all his roles as physical characterisations through that channel.<br /><br />And then there's the matter of the inevitable. Acquiring technique through work and experience. In any profession, any job, people acquire personal techniques because that's part of the human nature. To make things more efficient and easier for ourselves, so that we can reproduce desired results.Tallihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09618486159301921964noreply@blogger.com